Galway Bay FM News Archives
GALWAY CITY HAS COUNTRY’S POOREST RECORD OF LITTER PROSECUTIONS
Date Published: 21-Sep-2008
Galway city has the poorest record of littering and pollution prosecutions in the country.
Just over fifteen hundred cases of environmental pollution were investigated by Galway city council last year but only three resulted in enforcement procedures being taken.
Galway’s three litter prosecutions compare to just over a thousand enforcement procedures being taken by Cork city council for a similar number of investigations to Galway.
According to the Sunday Times officials in Cork city also have the most stringent record in pursuing people who fail to pay their litter fines, securing 88 prosecutions out of 88 cases.
Date Published: 08-May-2013
Gardai are appealing for witnesses following a single vehicle crash at the Portumna bridge this morning.
The road from Nenagh to Loughrea reopened shortly after 11 this morning following the completion of a technical exam.
Four men were travelling in a van when they hit the Portumna bridge around 6:30 this morning.
Gardaí, ambulance and two units of Portumna fire services rushed to the scene, and one of the men was taken to Portiuncula hospital in Ballinasloe.
He is being treated for head injuries, which have been described by Gardaí as serious.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Portumna Garda station on 09-097-42060
Date Published: 10-May-2013
GMIT is to honour seven outstanding individuals including President Michael D Higgins with Honorary Fellowships at a special ceremony later this month.
It’s the first time in the 40 year history of the Institute the Governing Body of GMIT has decided to award honorary fellowships.
The GMIT Honorary Fellowships will be conferred at the g Hotel in the city this day two weeks Friday 24 May at 2.30pm in front of 200 invited guests.
Date Published: 13-May-2013
Galway commuters are holding their breath as there has been a potential breakthrough in the Bus Eireann dispute, as both sides have agreed to talks at the Labour Relations Commission.
The LRC intervened this afternoon, on day two of strike action that has seen 95 per cent of bus services disrupted across the country.
The LRC’s Director of Conciliation Services, Kevin Foley, says the National Bus and Rail Union and the company have agreed to meet for mediated talks at 8 this evening.
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